Std: 8 CHAPTER 1 SOCIAL

SCIENCE SEM 1
STUDY MATERIAL PURVESH
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Lesson No 1
1. Who started the Bengali newspaper namely Samvad Kaumudi?
(A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy (B) Jyotiba Phule
(C) Dayanand Saraswati (D) Swami Vivekanand
2. Who was the mentor of Dayanand Saraswati?
(A) Ram Krishna Paramahans (B) Devendranath (C) Virjanand (D)
Keshavachandra Sen
3. Who established a girl school in 1857 A.D?
(A) Lala Lajpat Rai (B) Lala Hansraj (C) Jyotiba Phule (D) Swami
Vivekanand
4. Ramakrishna Paramahans was a priest of _________ temple of Dakshineshwar
(A) Goddess Khodiar (B) Goddess Kali (C) Goddess Bhavani (D) Goddess Ambika
5. International world conference for religion held at ___________ city of United States in
1893.
(A) Chicago (B) Washington (C) Panama (D)
Ambika
6. Who started the magazine Tahzib-Ul-Akhlaq?
(A) Valliullah (B) Sir Saiyed Ahmed Khan (C) Behramji (D) Sharitulla
7. Who established Satya Shodak Samaj?
(A) Dayanand Saraswati (B) Dadabhai Navroji (C) Thakkar Bapa (D) Jyotiba
Phule
8. Where did Raja Ram Mohan Roy die?
(A) Glasgow (B) Bristol (C) London (D) Birmingham
Lesson no 4 Supreme Court
1. Where is the Supreme Court of India situated?
(A) Delhi (B) Mumbai (C) Kolkata (D) Patna
2. One should go to _______ to protect fundamental rights.
(A) Chief Minister (B) President (C) Central Government (D) Supreme
Court
3. What is the tenure of the judge of the Supreme Court?
(A) 60 (B) 58 (C) 65 (D) 70
4. Judgment of ________ court is taken as examples by other courts in the nation.
(A) trial (B) Supreme (C) Criminal (D) civil
5. The place of _______ court is the highest among all the courts in the nation.
(A) Supreme (B) District (C) Hugh (D) Taluka
6. Who appoints judge in Supreme Court?
(A) Governor (B) Prime Minister (C) President (D) Taluka
7. The Narmada Dam is near_________________
(A) Chanod (B) Lasundra (C) Bedaghat (D) Navagam
8. The Supreme Court started in India on ________________
(A) 26th January, 1951 (B) 15th August, 1947
(C) 28th January, 1950 (D) 15th August, 1948
Lesson 5 Revolutionaries of India
1. _____________________ took vow of not applying Tilak on forehead.
(A) Vasudev Balwant Fadke (B) Vir Savarkar (C) Chandrashekar (D) Ramprasad Bismil
2. Satyen Babu gave lesson on revolution to ________________________
(A) Jagdish Chandra Bose (B) Khudi Ram Bose
(C) Ashfaq Ullah Khan (D) Shyamji Krishna Verma
3.
4. Mitramela institution established by Savarkar was known later as
(A) Indian society (B) Abhinav Bharat (C) India House (D) Arya
Samaj
5. Who started the Indian Sociologist magazine?
(A) Shyamji Krishna Verma (B) Madam Cama (C) Savarkar (D) Bismil
6. Who shot himself dead?
(A) Rajguru (B) Khudiram (C) Bhagat Singh (D) Chandra
Shekar Azad
7. _____________ was the pioneer to start revolutions in India
(A) Vasudev Balwant Fadke (B) Vir Savarkar (C) Chandra Shekar Azad (D) Bhagat
Singh
8. __________________ was the first person to create a bonfire to foreign clothes
(A) Vasudev Balwant Fadke (B) Vir Savarkar (C) Chandra Shekar Azad (D) Bhagat Singh
9. Khudiram Bose used to dive in ___________ and set the ships which carried salt upside
down.
(A) Yamuna (B) Narmada (C) Kaveri (D) Ganga
10. __________________ set an example to Hindu-Muslim unity.
(A) Vasudev Balwant Fadke (B) Ashfaq Ullah Khan (C) Chandra Shekar Azad (D) Bhagat
Singh
11. ___________________ initiated revolutionary activities abroad.
(A) Shyamji Krishna Verma (B) Vir Savarkar (C) Madam Bhikaji Cama (D) Bhagat Singh
12. Madam Cama was present in the _________________ international Sociologist
Conference.
(A) 1st (B) 2nd (C) 3rd (D) 4th
13. When Shyamji Krishna Verma felt unsafe in London he went to _________
(A) Paris (B) Dublin (C) Athens (D) Rome
14. _________________ was the childhood friend of Ashfaq Ullah Khan.
(A) Vasudev Balwant Fadke (B) Ramprasad Bismil (C) Chandra Shekar Azad (D) Bhagat
Singh
Lesson 6 Human Resources
1. Population Census is done after every _ years.
(A) twenty (B) ten (C) five (D) one
2. Area wise India stands at ____ position in the world.
(A) 8th (B) 7th (C) 6th (D) 5th
3.__________ stands first in population.
(A) India (B) Sri Lanka (C) China (D) America
4. Population of India increased up to ____ crores in the year 2011
(A) 121.01 (B) 102.70 (C) 100 (D) 84
5. There are ______ languages as mentioned in our constitution.
(A) 22 (B) 18 (C) 10 (D) 15
7. ___ % population of Gujarat resides in rural areas.
(A) 62 (B) 59 (C) 50 (D) 49
8. What is the sex ratio of Kerala?
(A) 1032 (B) 1049 (C) 1067 (D) 1084
9. When was National Population Policy made?
(A) 1951 (B) 1961 (C) 1971 (D) 1991
10. The highest populated district of Gujarat is __________
(A) Ahmedabad (B) Surat (C) Vadodara (D) Rajkot
11. The literacy rate of India is _______________________
(A) 74.04% (B) 79.31% (C) 64.83% (D) 69.91%
Lesson No 7 ON THE FOOTSTEPS OF MAHATMA PART 1
1. Indian National Congress passed a resolution of complete freedom on the bank of the
river ________
(A) Narmada (B) Ganga (C) Yamuna (D) Ravi
2. _____________ returned the honour of Kesar-e-Hind by starting Non Cooperation
Movement.
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru (B) Vallabhbhai Patel (C) Gandhiji (D) Rabindranath Tagore
3. Where is Jallianwala Baug located?
(A) Amritsar (B) Delhi (C) Lucknow (D) Srinagar
4. Who got victory in the First World War?
a. Pakistan (B) India (C) England (D) Africa
5. Who is known as Rajaji?
(A) Chakravarty Rajagopalachari (B) Motilal Nehru (C) Asaf Ali (D) Maulana
Saukat Ali
6. Which ashram did Gandhi start in Kochrab Ashram at Ahmadabad?
(A) Swaraj Ashram (B) Satyagrah Ashram (C) Dandi Ashram (D) Sabarmati Ashram
7. Vallabhbhai Patel got the honour of Sardar in - Satyagrah?
(A) Kheda (B) Nagpur (C) Borsad (D) Bardoli

1. Law enforcing ban on Sati Pratha was framed by

__________________________________________.
2. Dayanand Saraswati wrote an epic namely ________________________________.
3. The magazine named __________________________________________________ was started
by Rehuma-e-Mazdaurban Sabha organization.
4. Swami Vivekanands guru was _______________________________________
5. Ram Raja Mohan Roy was born in _____________________________ village.
6. Supreme Court has accepted a structure of __________________
7. The ___________________ Court solves the disputes between states and between
centre and state.
9. Judgement of _______________________________ Court is taken as example by other
courts.
10. The place of Supreme Court is highest in our country.
11. Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt threw bomb in the legislative assembly.
12. Madam Cama Unfurled the tricolor flag by raising the slogan Vande Mataram.
13. __________________________________________ shot dead William Wyali.
14. Writing of Bismil became a motivating force for the national spirit and awareness.
15. Khudiram Bose used to dive in the river Ganga and set the ships which carried salt
upside down.
16. The density of population noted during 2011 census is 121.01
17. India stands 7th position in the world in terms of population.
18. The sex ratio in Gujarat as per 2011 census is 918 .
19. Approximately 16% of total worlds population resides in India.
20. All the political parties decided to boycott the Simon Commission.
21. Mahatma Gandhi was against the violent movement.
22. Gandhiji stayed in Motihari village of Champaran and fought.
23. Gandhiji called Rowlatt Act as Black Act.